May 21st & 23rd

Don't forget Brotherhood Shabbat: Friday, May 21st at 7:30 pm.

Midrasha Final Day Activities: Sunday, May 23rd at 11:30 am

Congregation Beth Shalom
& the Sioux City Jewish Federation
are pleased to welcome Chaplain (Colonel) Brett Oxman to our community.

Chaplain Oxman, representing the JWB Jewish Chaplain's Council, will accept our donation of a Torah to the TORAHS FOR OUR TROOPS program. A brief presentation ceremony will precede the Midrasha Matriculation program and lunch.

During the Midrasha program:
Classes will be presenting songs, dances and plays.
Teachers and aides will be honored.
Students will receive Matriculation certificates.

Please RSVP for the dairy lunch by calling the office, 255-1990.

Jason Shindler Bar Mitzvah

Congregation Beth Shalom and Scott & Karen Shindler are pleased to invite you
to a Shabbat Service as their son Jason becomes a Bar Mitzvah.

Friday, May 28,2010 at 6:00 pm NOTE TIME CHANGE.
Hors D'Oeuvre Oneg to follow

Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 10:00 am NOTE TIME CHANGE.
Kiddish luncheon to follow services

Please rsvp to the office at 712-255-1990.

Shavuot Services

Celebrate the gift of the Ten Commandments and the Torah

Erev Shavuot Service: Tuesday, May 18th at the 7:30 pm Minyan

First Day Shavuot Service: Wednesday, May 19th at 8:45 am

Torah, Allel and Haftorah Readings

Yizkor Service at 10:00 am approximately

Hag Samach Shavuot!

Mitzvah Day May 16th

The 2010 Sioux City Jewish Federation Midrasha Mitzvah Day will be held on May 16th at the Betty Strong Encounter Center at 11:00 am.

Everyone in the community is invited to meet at the Center to participate in this year's projects which include planting and cleaning the grounds. Lunch will be served at 12:45 and will be followed by the showing of the family comedy, "66", the first presentation of the Sioux City Jewish Film Festival.

Please wear comfortable clothes, and bring small gardening tools such as trowels. The rain site for the Mitzvah Day is CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM.

Please RSVP for lunch to 712-255-1990. Remember, these activities are in lieu of Midrasha classes.

Corfirmation Ceremony

Congregation Beth Shalom invites you to a Confirmation Ceremony

Friday, May 14th at 7:30 pm

The 2010 Confirmands include: Jacob Kaplan, Dylan Nelson, Laura Rogers, Alli Rosenthal and Allison Sachnoff.

Parents of the confirmands will host the Oneg following the service.

Shabbat Speaker April 30th

Congregation Beth Shalom invites everyone to a Shabbat Service, Friday, April 30th at 7:30.

Following the service during the Oneg, Erica DeLeon, Executive Director of the Mary J. Treglia Community House will speak on diversity in the Siouxland community. Ms. DeLeon will focus on current immigration issues, both locally and on the national level. A question and answer period will follow.

1st Sioux City Jewish Film Festival

The 1st Sioux City Jewish Film Festival will be held on Sunday, May 16th and Thursday, May 20th at the Betty Strong Encounter Center.

"Sixty Six", a Paul Weiland family comedy, will be shown at 1:30 pm Sunday May 16th. Based on a true-life story, "Sixty Six" will take the audience to England in the summer of 1966 as events unfold for the biggest day in the life of 12-year old Bern's life: his bar mitzvah.

"Lemon Tree", Israel and Palestine - a conflict of cultures, will be shown at 7:30 pm Thursday, May 20th. An award winning Israeli film, Lemon Tree tells the story of two families who live on the green line border between Israel and the West Bank.

Both events are free and open to the public. For more information please call 712-255-1990.

Yom Ha'Atzmaut & Tolerance Week Activities

Celebrate Shabbat and Yom Ha'Atmaut at Congregation Beth Shalom on Friday, April 16th at 7:30 pm. Rabbi Greene will be joined by musicians from the Sioux City Symphony. An Israeli Oneg will follow.

The award winning film, "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler," will be shown at the Orpheum theater on Tuesday, April 13th at 8 pm. The showing is free and open to the public.

Congregation Beth Shalom will host a "Lunch and Learn" on Wednesday, April 14th from 12:00 - 1:00. Renata Zajdman, one of the people saved by the Polish network, will share her story. The event is free, but reservations are needed for the lunch. Please call 712-255-1990,

Yom HaShoah

Congregation Beth Shalom Holocaust Memorial Service will be held Sunday, April 11th at 7:00 pm.

We come together to light the Holocaust candles: to remember those whom we know and those whose very names are lost.

Everyone welcome.

Musical Shabbat

Congregation Beth Shalom invites you to a musical Shabbat:
Friday Night Live
Friday, March 26th at 7:30 pm featuring Musicians
Dan Auerbach, Junior Darwin, Michele Grossman, Holly Haddad and Michele Ivener

Start the evening at 6:30 with a free Nosh of pizza and salad.

Please rsvp for the Nosh by calling 255-1990.

Passover Service Schedule

Congregation Beth Shalom Passover Services

Monday, March 29th: First Night Seder at 6:30 pm. Reservations required.

Tuesday, March 30th: First Day Services at 8:45 am

Thursday, April 1st: Passover Services at Minyan at 6:30 pm

Friday, April 2nd: Shabbat Hol Hamoed Pesah at 7:30 pm (Lay led)

Saturday, April 3rd: Shabbat Hol Hamoed Pesah at 9:30 am (Lay led)

Sunday, April 4th: Passover Services at Minyan at 8:45 am

Monday, April 5th: Seventh Day Passover at Northern Hills Minyan at 6:30 pm

Tuesday, April 6th: Eighth Day Passover & Yizkor at 8:45 am, Yizkor at 10:00 am appx

Passover Seder

Celebrate the Passover holiday at a Kosher Seder.

Monday, March 29th at 6:30 pm

Fee: $25 adults, $10 children 5- 12, Children under 5 free

Please rsvp by March 24th to Congregation Beth Shalom office at 255-1990. Request seating arrangements with your reservation.

Fiancial assistance available. Please call the director: 255-1990.

Goldstein Scholar

The Jewish Federation of Sioux City

Congregation Beth Shalom

and Morningside College

are proud to sponsor SARAH TANZER as the 2010 Harold & Bernice Goldstein Scholar in Residence.

Dr. Tanzer will speak at services Friday, March 19th at 7:30 pm. Her presentation is entitled "Jews and Christians Reading the Same Texts Differently: Creation as a Case in Point.

Tanzer will also speak at Morningside College on Thursday, March 18th at 7 pm.

Lebowich Bar Mitzvah

The Lebowich and Fogleman families cordially invite you to a Shabbat Service
as Zachery David becomes a Bar Mitzvah.
Friday, March 12, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Oneg following services and
Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 9:30 am
Kiddish Luncheon following Services

March 5th Shabbat Service

Congregation Beth Shalom's Shabbat Services on Friday, March 5th will be led by students in the 5th - 7th grade. Students will be discussing the "Where, What and Why of God" as their D'Var Torah.

Purim

Join the fun at Congregation Beth Shalom's Purim Celebration.
Sunday, February 28th at 11:00 am

Megillah Reading, Fun and Games, Dairy Brunch
Adults $5. Children under 12 - Free.

RSVP to the office at 255-1990 by February 24th.

Purim Celebration in lieu of Midrasha Classes

Sisterhood Shabbat

Sisterhood Shabbat
Friday, February 19, 2010 at 6:30 pm

Please join us in honoring the women of Congregation Beth Shalom.

Family Shabbat February 12

Congregation Beth Shalom's Family Shabbat Service
February 12, 2010
6:30 pm followed by a Potluck Dinner

The service will be led by students from the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade class. Please bring a dairy or pareve dish to share:
A-K: Main Dish
L -Z Salad, Vegetable or Dessert

Hope to see you there

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